Prepare
a write-up following
the Schedule
format for
the Schedule, Echo and
SPS Website and send
it to the Outings Chair
of the sponsoring entity(ies).
If your name is not
listed in the last
Schedule, please include
theLeader
Information for Schedule.
A listing of SPS
Outings 1996 - 2006 can consulted
to help develop your
list of potential outings.

For Restricted Mountaineering
Outings (roped climbing
and snow travel (ice
axe or crampons),
include the non-training
version of the MOC
Application Form (doc, pdf) for a the
outing. Every other
year include an updated Leader
Resume.
The Section Outings
Chair will forward
your application to
the Chair
of the Mountaineering
Oversight Committee for approval. After
approval your trip
will be listed on the MOC
website.
To access this website
type in the user name: clubhouse and
password: explore.

Fill
the forms out electronically
and e-mail them to
the Section Outings
Chair. Note that the
many of the forms on
this website are available
in Word format
(doc) which you can
fill out electronically.
The original forms
may be available
in the non-editable
Adobe Acrobat format
(pdf) which you have
to print out, fill
out and mail. The source
of many of these files
is at http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/outings/forms/.
To access this website
type in the user name: clubhouse and
password: explore.

The national Sierra Club office has prepared provider/vendor listings for (1) basic first aid, (2) CPR, (3) Wilderness First Aid/Responder courses and (4) web-based first aid training courses. This material is current as of May 2008. The purpose of this list is to let Sierra Club Leaders know what first-aid training is available, not to endorse any of these providers. This material is available in the Sierra Club Clubhouse. Access to the Sierra Club Clubhouse page may require the use of the user name: clubhouse and the password: explore to log in.

Check the Mountain Records Chair website to see if the registers or register containers for the peaks you will be climbing are in need of replacement or repair.

Please
note the use
of bear canisters for
food storage are required
in many
areas in the southern and
central Sierra Nevada.

Prepare a trip
sheet if it is
an outing with pre-trip
screening and e-mail
it to the participants.

For restricted
mountaineering outings,
get two (2) copies
of the Participant
Medical Form from
each participant including
the leaders. Take one
copy on the outing,
keep the other one
at home. From a review
of the medical information
you have to decide
to accept or deny a
trip participant. If
you are not in the
medical profession
you may need the advice
from the participants
doctor or the Sierra
Club's Medical Advisory
Committee. But
start this process
as soon as possible
since present experience
has shown that the
response from MAC is
very slow. Limited help can also
be found from the Medical
FAQs.

At
the Outing

Use the
proper Sign-In
Sheet and Liablity
Waiver form. Restricted
outings require use
of the mountaineering
version of the form
with a column for the
Sierra Club member
number.

Carry the Incident
Report Form, Emergency
Response-Patient
Report Form (at
least two, one
to go out with
the runner getting
help or with the
patient if help
can be summoned
by cell phone),
Refusal of First
Aid form (any sheet
of paper will do), Minor
Release Form if
needed, and one
copy of the Participant
Medical Form if
it is a restricted
mountaineering
outing (one form
per person on the
trip, filled out
and signed). Fill
out the forms as
needed. If there
is an injury or
illness leading
to evacuation of
the patient, include
a copy of the Emergency
Response-Patient
Report Form and
Medical Form (if
it is a mountaineering
restricted outing)
with the patient
to aid medical
personnel. Remember,
on the Emergency
Response-Patient
Report Form, if
you do not understand
what information
is being asked
for, just put "do
not understand."

After
the Outing

If there
has been a life-threatening
injury/emergency or
death, call the National
Club immediately at
1-888-OUTINGS (888-688-4647)
and follow up with
the Angeles Chapter
Safety Committee Chair.
Procedures are described
in Reporting
an Incident.
Submit all the paperwork
as soon as possible.
Follow the instructions
on the forms about
whom to send what.
For less serious incidents,
you do not need to
call National, but
submit the Incident
Report Form right away
to National, the Safety
Committee Chair, and
Section Outings Chair.
Make sure to keep a
completed copy any
submitted forms for
your records. Send
also a copy of the
Emergency Response-Patient
Report if applicable
to each of the above
entities.

For restricted
mountaineering outings, leaders
must send the Sign-In
Sheet and Liability
Waiver form
and one copy of each
of the Participant
Medical Forms to
the SPS
Outings Chair.
The foregoing material
will be will be forwarded
to and retained by the
Sierra Club national
office for a period
of seven years. The
Sierra Club is not bound
by HIPAA privacy
laws. The
second copy of the
Participant Medical
Form is to be destroyed
by the leader and
not retained for
any purpose.

Report any deficiencies in the registers or register containers for peaks you climbed to the to Mountain Records Chair.

Write
an article about the
outing for the SPS
Echo, SPS Website
and perhaps the Southern
Sierran.

The
Mountaineering Oversight
Committee requires
that Helmets must
be worn on restricted
outings for all rock
climbing and descending
and for snow travel
when ice axes are
necessary. Helmets
are advised on non-restricted
trips involving 3rd
class rock not usually
climbed roped or
any travel where
rock fall is a concern. The MOC Mountaineering
Policy should
be reviewed.

If you
wish to explore materials
relating to outings,
additional useful
URL's on National Committees
and policies related
to outings are provided
in the file UsefulURLs.doc.